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Gerard Kuiper and Planets beyond Neptune

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Difference between Gerard Kuiper and Planets beyond Neptune

Gerard Kuiper vs. Planets beyond Neptune

Gerard Peter Kuiper (born Gerrit Pieter Kuiper; December 7, 1905 – December 23, 1973) was a Dutch–American astronomer, planetary scientist, selenographer, author and professor. Following the discovery of the planet Neptune in 1846, there was considerable speculation that another planet might exist beyond its orbit.

Similarities between Gerard Kuiper and Planets beyond Neptune

Gerard Kuiper and Planets beyond Neptune have 10 things in common (in Unionpedia): Apparent magnitude, Harvard College Observatory, Kuiper belt, Mars, Methane, Neptune, Planet, Saturn, Solar System, Uranus.

Apparent magnitude

The apparent magnitude of a celestial object is a number that is a measure of its brightness as seen by an observer on Earth.

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Harvard College Observatory

The Harvard College Observatory (HCO) is an institution managing a complex of buildings and multiple instruments used for astronomical research by the Harvard University Department of Astronomy.

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Kuiper belt

The Kuiper belt, occasionally called the Edgeworth–Kuiper belt, is a circumstellar disc in the outer Solar System, extending from the orbit of Neptune (at 30 AU) to approximately 50 AU from the Sun.

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Mars

Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and the second-smallest planet in the Solar System after Mercury.

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Methane

Methane is a chemical compound with the chemical formula (one atom of carbon and four atoms of hydrogen).

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Neptune

Neptune is the eighth and farthest known planet from the Sun in the Solar System.

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Planet

A planet is an astronomical body orbiting a star or stellar remnant that is massive enough to be rounded by its own gravity, is not massive enough to cause thermonuclear fusion, and has cleared its neighbouring region of planetesimals.

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Saturn

Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second-largest in the Solar System, after Jupiter.

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Solar System

The Solar SystemCapitalization of the name varies.

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Uranus

Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun.

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Gerard Kuiper and Planets beyond Neptune Comparison

Gerard Kuiper has 76 relations, while Planets beyond Neptune has 155. As they have in common 10, the Jaccard index is 4.33% = 10 / (76 + 155).

References

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